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Beefing up the Front

I am wanting to mount a Boss v-blade on my 04 Chevy 2500HD w/ a Duramax. It already sits pretty low in the front and I can't imagine what it will look like with a heavy plow attached. Has anyone done any upgrades to beef up the front suspension. I know that I can get a leveling kit and gain a couple of inches but I would like something else to keep the suspension from bottoming out. Any ideas please help! Thanks

yeh there is a lot you can do, cranking the t-bars and putting in timbrens are the easiest and cheapest solutions. you can also purchase aftermarket front control arms that will raise the front end or you can install new torsion bar keys. Start by cranking up the bars 3-4 turns on each side and see where it gets you. The timbrens wont raise the vehicle, they will just stop it from squatting once the rubber hits the stopper. The decrease ride quality a bit in my truck

As said before. Crank t-bars 4 turns and add timbrens. I have a 800lb. western poly and this made a world of difference for me. Still sometimes bottom out on steeper aprons for my resedentials but overall really helps.

Timbrens and different torsion keys.Your truck has the purple keys in it. You want the blue keys. the green ones are what they put in 1500's. They will put too much preload on your bars. Do some searching online for torsion keys and part numbers. If you can't find it let me know I have it somewhere.

If you really want to make it bullet proof add the coginto leveling kit and upper control arms. Get all the stronger tie rods and gussets too.